Super Righteous Player
Chapter 652 - 193 The Missing Page of "Storm and Heart’s Canticle"_1

Chapter 652: Chapter 193 The Missing Page of "Storm and Heart’s Canticle"_1

But conversely...

Annan narrowed his eyes slightly.

The existence of the "Eternal Maiden" Ingrid was extremely important.

Not just because she was a "hidden mirror."

It was also because her presence confirmed some of Annan’s previous speculations...

You see, Annan’s Book of the Celestial Chariot consisted of only six pages. Each page of the Book of Truth contained one truth.

According to the normal process of the Sublimation Ritual, Annan had to choose one or two truths from the six during his sublimation. Then, he would return the remaining truths to the Pillar of the World in the Realm of Light to create other Books of Truth.

These one or two truths would eventually become fixed in the sublimated soul, forming a divine office.

Then, according to the theory of "Light Born from the Mirror," Annan had to shatter six mirrors to gather the complete Book of Truth and to obtain all the truths of the Celestial Chariot.

But beyond these six mirrors, there was a seventh mirror.

—A mirror that should not have existed.

Since the Light of the Chariot was originally the Seventh Daylight and the Book of the Celestial Chariot had only six pages, Annan instinctively believed that to incubate the Light of the Chariot he only needed to gather the first six Daylights... which meant finding six mirrors.

However, it now appeared that his ritual did not immediately conclude after "gathering the six pages of truth."

And this made Annan think of another matter...

The legendary "First Daughter of the Storm," Altas Frostword, who was the founder of the occupation of the Lady of the Storm and the fourth Tower Master of the Storm Tower, had managed to collect the complete "Storm and Heart’s Canticle."

At that time, everyone thought she would become the Storm God.

But in the end, her sublimation ritual failed.

Combining the shocking fact of the seventh mirror Annan accidentally discovered, it seemed that just collecting the complete Fragments of Truth wasn’t enough. There must be one final, hidden ritual similar to an "enlightenment" that truly marks completion.

And this enlightenment ritual, it should be unconsciously completed during the process of gathering all the Fragments of Truth. Like the ritual of contamination by an idol wizard, it was a connection of fate.

Just as Annan had not yet found the sixth mirror, yet half a year after receiving the Book of Truth, he had already discovered the trace of the seventh mirror...

Therefore, other gods had no concept of this.

Otherwise, the Paper Princess or the Faceless Poet would certainly have reminded Annan to slow down and be vigilant; and it was precisely because of this that Altas, despite being so powerful, died so unreasonably.

It wasn’t because she was too weak, but because she was too strong.

She collected the Book of Truth too quickly.

After deciding to ascend to godhood, she directly used her ability to cross the civilized world in three breaths, like a swift dragon, and gathered the Book of Truth in less than half a year.

And she had no need to use the "Storm and Heart’s Canticle" —

Her supreme crown at that time was "the strongest Transcendent in the world."

Without resorting to the Book of Truth, she remained the strongest.

The result was, after gathering the Book of Truth, she promptly sublimated, missing a key element.

Just like the "Mirror of the Seventh Daylight" in the Book of the Celestial Chariot — if Light is born from the mirror, how could the Light of the Chariot not have a mirror of its own?

So, that is to say...

—The "Storm and Heart’s Canticle" of that year was never truly completed! Because after compiling the pages, there was one last step—

Given this, Maria’s future fate would definitely not be certain death!

If Annan could just help her find the key to the final step, Maria could become the true Storm God—

In that case, the Storm Tower would be freed from its responsibilities that were never truly its own, becoming a Wizard’s Tower that could normally recruit disciples and teach knowledge.

And if the Storm God could be born, the skies over Winter would no longer be shrouded with the endless storm—Now, if the Storm Tower moved away from the skies over Winter, the storms accumulated over the centuries would ultimately erupt, with enough force to tear apart the great barrier and level half of Winter.

But after all, it belonged to the "Storm." If Maria could become the goddess of the storm, then the storm could, in turn, become one of Maria’s sources of power.

Once the Storm Tower was reestablished upon the land, it could normally regulate the weather patterns across the entire continent. There would be no more tragedies of pushing magma back into the depths of the earth or of underground cities getting flooded, nor would there be uncontrolled typhoons and tsunamis killing the fishermen of the United Kingdoms.

Everything would instantly get better.

Maria would be safe, the Duchy of Winter would be safe, the Underworld would be safe, and the fishermen and coastal cities of other countries would all be safe.

Even...

If all the Wizard’s Towers could be restored to normal use, gathering the power of the twelve True Gods... it might be possible to rebuild the great barrier.

A bright light gradually shone in Annan’s eyes.

It was the light of finding the correct path.

It was a light of hope, pure and filled with joy.

Come on!

Annan clenched his fists and silently chanted in his heart.

Investigating Ingrid, finding evidence of the Northern Union’s collusion with demons, finding the captain of the Ship in Stone "Selicia"... all these tasks had to be handled by the players now.

"So, I have to step up my efforts too..."

Annan murmured.

He couldn’t just watch.

The Northern Union was waiting for the evidence they would unearth.

At this time, it might be better to visit the Fourth Exhausted Archive again. He could contact Vasily about the advancement in ritual studies... If things went well, Annan could set up a landing point at their place.

The current third batch of players were still arriving gradually.

The system’s retrieval of players was quite slow... After Annan opened the landing permissions in one go, it took almost two weeks for half of the new players to arrive.

Besides the character issues set by Annan, he also noticed that the players who could be summoned by the Book of the Celestial Chariot seemed to have some kind of "flaw" and harbored strong "desires."

They had exceptional talents and character but did not have a smooth and satisfactory life, still harboring concerns in their hearts about something.

Maybe... I can help them too.

It was only at this moment that such a clear thought emerged in Annan’s mind.

Before, Annan had not paid too much attention to the players... because his own talents were quite outstanding. Moreover, he had long been accustomed to acting alone. Only for trivial matters would he get players to lend him a hand.

So from Frostwater Harbor to exploring inside the Royal Capital and the transport points in the Underworld, along with the current ship adventure—Annan had always been giving players the most troublesome, rather than the most difficult tasks.

Essentially, the players were Annan’s handy tools. And they were tools who couldn’t handle any complicated matters.

—Up until now.

With the emergence of the Seventh Daylight, Annan was forced to start changing.

It was only when he couldn’t interfere with the players’ actions that he began to wish the players could help him with something—and once this feeling emerged, the players fully entered Annan’s field of vision.

They were not "servants" who received unilateral commands but had truly become "friends" who could help each other and rely on each other.

Annan began to value the existence of players—that’s why he realized the summoning rule for players.

"People with yearnings in their hearts and also with flaws, huh..."

—Help is mutual.

Annan hoped that while the players were helping him,

He could also help these friends... do something in return.

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